Organizing your Essay Flashcards
1
Q
What is the building block sentence?
A
“The lawyer has a duty of (fill in the blank) to (fill in a person or thing)
2
Q
What are the bulk of the duties owed to your client?
A
Duty of:
- Confidentiality
- Financial Responsibility
- Competence
- Catch-all of other reasonable things
3
Q
What are the bulk of the duties owed to entities other than your client?
A
Duty of:
- Candor
- Fairness
- Dignity/Decorum
- Catch-all of other reasonable things
4
Q
To whom else, besides your client, might you owe a duty?
A
Court, adversaries (parties and their counsel), legal profession, third parties, public
5
Q
What is the mnemonic for remembering the duties?
A
Clients love fierce counsel; courts feel differently
